# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) - Law: 学校教育法 (School Education Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二十六号 - English title "School Education Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十五条 (Article 15) — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十五条 art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15 **第一項** 文部科学大臣は、公立又は私立の大学及び高等専門学校が、設備、授業その他の事項について、法令の規定に違反していると認めるときは、当該学校に対し、必要な措置をとるべきことを勧告することができる。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-1 When the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology finds that public or private universities or colleges of technology to be in violation of the provisions of laws and regulations relating to equipment, class, or other matters, it may recommend the relevant schools to take necessary measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 文部科学大臣は、前項の規定による勧告によつてもなお当該勧告に係る事項（次項において「勧告事項」という。）が改善されない場合には、当該学校に対し、その変更を命ずることができる。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-2 If the matters stated in the relevant recommendation (referred to as "recommended matters" in the following paragraph) remains unimproved after the recommendation made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may order changes to be made towards the relevant school. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 文部科学大臣は、前項の規定による命令によつてもなお勧告事項が改善されない場合には、当該学校に対し、当該勧告事項に係る組織の廃止を命ずることができる。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-3 If the recommended matters remains unimproved after the order made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may order the relevant school to abolish the organizations relating to the relevant recommended matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 文部科学大臣は、第一項の規定による勧告又は第二項若しくは前項の規定による命令を行うために必要があると認めるときは、当該学校に対し、報告又は資料の提出を求めることができる。 art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-4 When found necessary in order to give a recommendation under the provisions of paragraph (1), or to issue an order under the provisions of paragraph (2), or those referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may request the relevant school to submit a report or documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-15/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-2: 次項 → 学校教育法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-3 - art-15/par-3: 前項 → 学校教育法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-2 - art-15/par-4: 第一項 → 学校教育法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-4: 第二項 → 学校教育法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-2 - art-15/par-4: 前項 → 学校教育法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-2 - 学校教育法 第十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-3 - 学校教育法 第十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-15/par-4 - 学校教育法 第九十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-95/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 学校教育法 — the text in force from 2026-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20260617_508AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19